This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, two college students with lots of school to do. They both wanted a college education, and this is how each paid their tuition... They headed down to the U of El Paso, where paying for school was a great big hassle. Billy Joe worked, nose to the grindstone, Bobbie Sue partied and got a student loan. Go on, take tax money and run... Billy Mack is a politician in Congress, you know he don’t know what the facts is. He ain't got a clue ‘bout fairness or justice, he makes his livin' off of the people's taxes. Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she didn’t have to repay. Billy Joe got shafted, wouldn’t you say? She got the money, hey, You know she got away. Her degree was worthless, she’s on welfare today, Singin' go on take tax money and run... Go on, take tax money and run…
Tag: Justice
Cops are the Good Guys
Are cops perfect? Of course not. And no one should expect them to be. But every single day, under the most difficult conditions, the police protect us from the bad guys. In other words, they do their job and they do it well. Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke makes it very clear: cops are not the problem.
The excellent PragerU video linked below describes exactly how I feel about law enforcement, and about the villains that vilify the men and women that put their lives on the line for us day in and day out.
19 shots too many
“All he had was a cellphone,” said 10-year-old Terrell Wilson to the Sacramento City Council. “20 shots over a cellphone.”
If only it were that simple, then the outrage over the killing of Stephon Clark could be justified.
But, as usual when Black Lives Matter, it simply isn’t that simple.
Justice Robs Mercy in Missouri
Cornealious Anderson was 24 when he made an incredibly bad decision. He and a cousin used a BB gun to rob a restaurant manager on his way to deposit money at the bank. Anderson was caught, sentenced to 13 years in prison, and sent home to await instructions for reporting to prison. The instructions never came.
More Certain than Death and Taxes
For failure to pay a tax penalty approximately equivalent to the cost of a fast food meal — $6.30 — the $280,000 home of a widow in western Pennsylvania was auctioned off for $116,000 [ref].
While I believe that people should pay their taxes (and vote for fiscally-conservative politicians who will rein in spending and lower taxes), I find it incredibly outrageous that such a meager unpaid amount would result in such a harsh penalty.
To me, this case speaks volumes about the sad state of our country.
Their Silence is Defining
On July 9th in Florida three black 15 year-olds brutally beat a 13-year-old white boy on a school bus [ref].
Not a peep from Barack Obama, Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson.
This wasn’t the first time the trio opted to remain silent.
Sir Charles the Just
Retired NBA player and current NBA analyst for TNT television, Charles Barkley, nicknamed “Sir Charles” by many, is well known for his outgoing and outspoken personality.
In the wake of the Zimmerman trial, Barkley could have easily laid low and kept his opinion to himself.
Justice Severed
Almost everything about the Zimmerman Martin saga reeks of injustice.
Everything except the verdict.
Perhaps the biggest injustice of all — certainly the most public — was when a very un-presidential Obama declared that if he had a son, his son would look like Trayvon Martin. This outrageous and extremely ill-advised statement fueled the flames of bigotry and intolerance that already senselessly raged around the incident.
Good Riddance
Christopher Dorner is probably dead, his charred body found in the cabin he apparently set on fire after shooting himself [ref].
Good riddance.
He killed innocent people. He was a terrorist. He was a psychopath.
I don’t care whether he could have been medically declared insane or not. Anybody who murders innocent people as Dorner did is psychologically messed up.
Sadly, there are people almost as crazy as Dorner was who are trying to justify his actions, even calling him a hero [ref].
Liberty Endangerment
An Ohio father was arrested — charged with child endangerment and held on $2,000 bond — for simply posting to Facebook a photo showing himself with his one year old daughter on his lap, while holding a gun in his right hand, pointed away from the child [ref].
Dominic Gaines’ gun turned out to be a BB gun. But that doesn’t matter.
Court documents claimed that “due to the close proximity of the BB gun to the child, there is a substantial risk of physical harm and safety of the child.”